Vehicle-tongue tip



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H. DE TAMBLE.

VEHICLE TONGUB TIP Patented Nov. 26, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

HENRY DE TAMBLE, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS TO JOHN POULL, OF SAME PLACE, AND LOUIS HALBERSTADT, OF NAPER- v VILLE, ILLINOIS.

VEHICLE-TONGUE TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,860, dated November 26, 1889.

Application tiled September 17, 1889. Serial No. 324,264. (No model.)

T0 all whom. t may concern: through the wagon-tongue. The connecting Be it known that I, HENRY DE TAMBLE, a portion of the hook and brace is suiciently citizen of the United States of America, redownwardly projecting for supporting the siding at Aurora, in the county of Kane and tongue when lowered to the ground, so as to 5 State of Illinois, have invented certain new spare the hook F. from being bent or other- 55 and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Tongue wise damaged. Forward of hook E the plate Tips, of which the following is a specitica-A C is slotted and provided with upwardly-extion, reference being had therein to the actending eye-lugs g, between which is pivotcompanying drawings. ally secured upon a pin h the eyed hub of a 1o This invention relates to the construction latch II, the rearward end of which, by its 6o and arrangement of then tongue-tip cap for own gravity, will drop to rest upon the forconnecting the neckyke with the said ward portion of hook E, to close such hook tongue, with the object in view to provide a automatically when, for connecting the neckstrong coupling device for rSadily connecting yoke, its coupling-ring I is passed over the t 5 .ordiscngaging theneck-yoke ring;.and itconend of the wagon-tongue and shifted rear- 65 sists of a braced hook rigidly secured to the ward, whereby it will lift said latch H, allowtongue-tip, and of a latch pivoted in the tiping the .ring I to enter hook E, and then afcap and resting with its rearward end upon ter thus entered will drop again, closing the the forward end of the hook, thus closing the hook to prevent the disconnect-ing; and for 2o saine by its own gravity, and thereby prethe purpose that said hook E need not be 7o venting the neck-yoke ring from disconnectmade too far downwardly extending to pro* ing, all as will be more fully hereinafter devide room for ring I to slide in between said scribed and specifically claimed. hook E and latch H a notch or concave i is In the accompanying drawings, Figure l formed in plate C for the end of latch Hto 25 represents a sectional elevation of my imenter when turned against such plate C. 75 proved ton gue-tip with the neck-yoke in po- It will be readily seen that this device is very sition after coupling the neck-yoke ring; Fig. strong and durable and enables a quick con- 2, a similar view of the same with the parts nection or disengagingof the neck-yoke ring. in position while coupling the neck-yoke; That I claim is 3o Fig. 3, a cross-section on line n: in` Fig. 2, The pole-tip A, having secured top and 8o and Fig. 4, a cross-section on line y yin Fig. 2. bottom plates B and C, connected by loop D,

Corresponding letters of reference in the and in combination therewith the hook E,

several figures of the drawings designate like rigidly xed against the bottom thereof by its parts. shank e, passed throughboth plates l5 and C 3 5 A denotes the front end of the wagonand riveted on top, and havinga rearward 85 tongue, covered on top and bottom by metal brace f, extending from below hook E, to proplates B and C, connected in front by around vide a downwardly-projecting heel as a proiron loop D for hitching additional horses. tector to such hook, and the latch II, pivotally To the bottom of the tongue-tip is secured a secured between eye-lugs g to the upper side 4o hook E, having a shank e extending through of plate C by a pin h, with the pointed rear 9o holes in plates B and C and through a hole end of said latch resting upon the forward in the tongue, with ashoulderbutting against end of hok E, and entering a recess 1I of the plateC, and having formed a rivet-head plate C when lifted, all substantially as set to its upper end against or into a counterforth. l

45 sink of plate B for rigidly tying the plates -In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in 95 to the tongue and at the same time rigidly presence of two witnesses.

securing the hook thereto. To its rear the HENRY DE TAMBLE. `hook E has formed a brace f, rigidly secured Witnesses:

to plate C by a rivet, which may also be WVM. I-I. LOTZ,

5o passed through both plates B and C and OTTO LUEBKERT. 

